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Scenario: Brian is a serious hypochondriac and comes to see Dr.Cohen almost every week.

D :

What seems to be the problem this time?

B :

Well, I feel very nauseous and week. I think I have a temperature , my throat feels swollen, and I have a strange lump on my arm. I think I may have neumonia or cancer or some king of deadly illness.

D :

Let me take a look. Your throat is a bit red but it's not really swollen. I'll have the nurse take your temperature.

B :

Are you sure my throat isn't swollen? I feel it's twice the size it usually is.

D :

Yes, I'm positive. And you don't have a fever or lump on your arm.

B :

I swear the lump was there this morning and I feel very warm. And I was as sick as a dog last night.

D :

I'm sorry to break it to you , but you are a serious hypochondriac. First, you need to fix this illness before you can fix anything else.

B :

But I always feel ill.

D :

You do not have pneumonia or cancer you just have a small cold. The next thing you'll tell me is that you're pregnant. Take one tablet three times a day after meals and get plenty of bed rest . You should feel all better in a few days.

Vocabulary and Expressions

hypochondriac (someone who believes they are constantly ill)

nauseous (stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit)

to have a temperature (to have a fever)

swollen (to enlarge abnormally)

lump (a small irregular swelling)

pneumonia (a serious disease in which the lungs are inflamed)

cance r (a spreading growth in or on the body often causing death)

to break it to you (to tell you)

bed rest (to get rest in bed)

Medical tests and terms

( to take your ) pulse (a regular beating or throbbing)

( to take your ) blood pressure (pressure that the blood exerts on the wall of lood vessels)

X-ray (to examine, treat, and photograph with X-rays)

( to ) sprain (twisting of a joint with stretching of ligaments)

( to ) dislocate (to displace a bone from its normal connection)

Doctors' supplies

stethoscope (for listening to a patient's chest)

thermometer (for taking someone's temperature)

hypodermic needle (for giving injections or shots)

tongue depressor (for holding down the tongue while examining the throat)